Fernando Meirelles
Directing
Born 1955-11-09
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
88 credits
Brazilian Cinema Grand Prize for Best Director 1
Commander of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) 1
Officer of the Order of Rio Branco 1
Awards
Nominated for 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 nominated
- 2004 Best Director Nominated City of God
European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 2 nominated
- 2005 Best Non-European Film Nominated The Constant Gardener
- 2002 Best Non-European Film Nominated City of God
Brazilian Cinema Grand Prize for Best Director 1 won
- — Best Director Won
Commander of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) 1 won
- 2016 Commander of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) Won
Officer of the Order of Rio Branco 1 won
- 2006 Officer of the Order of Rio Branco Won
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Fernando Ferreira Meirelles (Brazilian Portuguese:[feʁˈnɐ̃du mejˈɾɛlis]; born 9 November 1955) is a Brazilian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for co-directing the film City of God, released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films, which received international critical acclaim. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for his work in the film. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director in 2005 for The Constant Gardener, which garnered the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Rachel Weisz. He also directed the 2008 adaptation of José Saramago's novel Blindness and the 2011 film 360. In 2019, Meirelles directed The Two Popes for Netflix.
In television, Meirelles directed and produced the HBO original series Joint Venture in Brazil. In 2024, he led the directing work for the crime series Sugar and the historical miniseries The Sympathizer.
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Filmography
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Directing
24 credits
Beast Race
Sugar
City of God
Brava Gente
The Sympathizer
The Two Popes
Blindness
The Constant Gardener
City of Men
Here Comes the Flood
Rivers of Fate
Joint Venture
Sound & Fury
360
Rio, I Love You
Happily Ever After?
A Comédia da Vida Privada
Rá-Tim-Bum
Olhar Eletrônico
The Wise Ones
Amanhecer
Marly Normal
Art
Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World
Producing
31 credits
Beast Race
Sugar
City of God: The Fight Rages On
Trash
Here Comes the Flood
Rivers of Fate
Sound & Fury
Children of the Church Steps
7 Prisoners
City of Men
Happily Ever After?
Zoom
Urubus
Antonia
VIPs
Loop
Marighella
Eduardo and Monica
Waste Land
Buscapé
A Fera na Selva
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Not by Chance
Adrift
Liquid Truth
Stronger Than The World
492: A Man Called Death
Exodus: Where I come from is disappearing
The Pope's Toilet
O Filho Eterno
Socrates
Acting
6 credits
The South Bank Show
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Amor com Amor Se Paga
Operação Lorca, o bailado
Cidade dos Homens Palace II
Critic
Other credits
4 credits
Writing
4 credits
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